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 1) TELEX: new models of Telex machines send and receive typed messages`―"an instant communications system"―CANADIAN NATIONAL/CANADIAN PACIFIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2) XEROX XEROGRAPHY: woman's hair stands on end from static electricity―Xerography uses it to make instant x-rays for medical and aeronautical purposes

3) XEROX 914 COPIER: French commercial for Xerox machine―in French―Paris  foreign―man xeroxes his Gaulois Bleu cigarette pack―then English language announcer explains that it is an international machine

4) XEROX 2400 COPIER: its speed and ease compared to stencil machine―comparative commercial

5) XEROX MAGNIFAX TELECOPIER: paper messages send by telephone―early FAX machine―color commercial

6) XEROX 914 COPIER: "talking" copier in shopping mall engages a rotund man carrying a painting and a ribbon he won in an art fair (1965-66)  same as No. 13

7) XEROX COPIERS: copy consultant crawling on floor measuring office to see which machine is best for you―he is tempted by "the devil" to inflate prices and oversell―but Good wins out and he tells the truth

8) XEROX 914 COPIER: color commercial showing how easily Xerox copies―makes copies automatically

9) XEROX 914 COPIER: "that's my secretary" is little Debbie who makes a Xerox copy for her daddy, the boss―also Xeroxes her doll―he cannot tell which one is the original―7 copies a minute―same ad campaign as No. 19

10) XEROX EDUCATION GROUP: Reading 360 is instruction program to replace Bill and Susan approach that is almost a half-century old―developed by Ginn Company―circa 1971

11) XEROX BASIC SYSTEMS: old school teacher at blackboard endorses it―emphasizes Listening course, course on Chess by Bobby Fischer, Price Marking course

12) XEROX 813 COPIER: men deliver crate and film follows it being pulled through the office until it is set up (1964)

13) XEROX 914 COPIER: "talking" copier in shopping mall engages a rotund man carrying a painting and a ribbon he won in an art fair (1965-1966)  Same as No. 6

14) XEROX LONG DISTANCE XEROGRAPHY: close-up of man speaking of FAX as alternative to mail and messenger―LDX booklet available from Xerox (1964)

15) XEROX: George Gobel feels Mr. Machine (his Xerox machine) cannot make copy of his cigarette lighter―and Machine makes another perfect copy―"He's a dirty bird"  (1964)

16) XEROX 914 COPIER: one Picasso sketch and one Xerox copy of it―you can't tell the difference―(1964)

17) XEROX: opening to show called "Ballet for Skeptics"―1966

18) XEROX 2400 COPIER: "The Story of the Xerox 2400―Charlie's Version" is Chuck McCann close-up monologue about how he recommended getting the new Xerox 2400―he cries in frustration (1966)

19) XEROX 914 COPIER: Sam the chimpanzee makes copies of boss's document―and boss can't tell the difference―same ad campaign as No. 9

20) XEROX 2400 COPIER: "The Story of the Xerox 2400―Boss's    Version" another comic monologue by the boss who "told" Charlie to get this machine (1966)

21) XEROX 813 COPIER: Mr. Chinn of China City in Salem, Oregon runs a restaurant that relies on Xerox machine, especially to print new menus daily

22) UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS: girl enters British Museum to read the original manuscript of Alice in Wonderland―she fantasizes while guard watches her carefully―reprints now available in bookstore in time for Christmas, 100 years after Carroll wrote it

23) XEROX TELECOPIER: this is a FAX machine manufactured by Xerox―it takes 6 minutes to send and receive a one-page document

24) IBM ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER: caveman was first office worker―wrote ideas on the wall―then came typewriter

 and now electronic typewriter

25) XEROX: small businessman introduced to all the copier models available―he opts for Xerox 813

26) XEROX COPIER: football game in rain with time running out―substitute player rushes to copier to make eleven copies of coach's desperate play―they win the game

27) XEROX 813 COPIER: Mr. Chinn of China City again―same as No. 12

28) XEROX 2400 COPIER: "The Story of the Xerox 2400―Secretary's Version"―"kiss your masters goodbye"―she told the boss about it, but he takes credit―she cries in frustration (1966)

  

21.2  MISCELLANEOUS

1) ALUMINIUM LTD.: shows how aluminum is made and the energy needed to create it―Canada company―vintage black and white―2 minutes

2) MONSANTO CADON NYLON CARPET

3) KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION: bring you Kennecott Neighborhood Theatre every Sunday in Utah―shows liquid copper being poured

4) RCA: general spot for RCA "the most trusted name in electronics"―space circuitry, television circuits, satellites, etc.

5) IBM MAG CARD SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER: businessmen and women "are human" and can make mistakes―so new typewriter corrects errors

6) RITZ CRACKERS: German commercial―frau serves visitors neu Ritz!

7) HAMLET CIGARS: man with foot in traction smokes contentedly  BRITISH commercial

8) CADBURY'S DAIRY MILK: BRITISH commercial with school teacher given chocolate candy bar by her young students

9) RONSON CIGARETTE LIGHTER: from 63 shillings   BRITISH―promises sex for a Christmas gift of a lighter

10) DU PONT: Burt Young in wrecker's yard sells plastic part from an old car to a DuPont man testing company parts

11) DIXIE CUPS: BRITISH commercial―snobbish party with cups―also plugs Diet Rite cola

12) U.S. STEEL:  Elephant stands on "sandwich panel"

13) ALUMINIUM CANADA/ALCAN: black and white cartoon from 1965 shows the influence of aluminum production and products around the world―CANADIAN commercial

14) MONSANTO WEAR DATED CLOTHES: little boy tells how mom told him to keep clothes clean―now she doesn't bother him with wear dated clothes―"maybe she doesn't love me anymore"

15) SIMPLICITY LAWN MOWERS: five different drive mowers

16) SCOTTS SUPER TURF BUILDER: "Great Scott, what a lawn!"―comic as men notice lawn

17) BRITANNICA 3: encyclopedia has been recreated―done with earthquake theme―"the new learning system for the new man in a new age"

18) TEFLON II: French tune―clean up pan quickly after cooking

19) CONTACT TILE APPLIQUES: cure for the common tile―woman in bathtub

20) DURACELL BATTERIES: pink bunnies with drum

21) DURACELL BATTERIES: flashlights

22) SIMMONS BEAUTYREST MATTRESS: actress Meredith McRae

23) SIMMONS BEAUTYREST MATTRESS: golfer Johnny Miller

24) PSA FOR ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH:  Lead paint test for children

25) SNO FLOCK:  White stuff for Christmas tree

26) BIC PEN:  Back to school; black and white

27) SCRIPTO WORDMASTER:  Black and white

28) SCRIPTO MECHANICAL PENCIL: Black and white

29) AMERICAN TOURISTER LUGGAGE: gorilla goes crazy throwing suitcase around cage

30) WHERE THE ACTION IS: win a "DAY ON ACTION"―viewers guess identity of person in photo and they get to appear with Action Gang

31) MAN AND WOMAN MAGAZINE: discusses adult relationships

32) CHICAGO TRIBUNE: jaunty song as girls bicycle through park throwing newspapers at different types―1973

33) CHICAGO TRIBUNE:  same as #32

34) GOOD FOOD MAGAZINE:  Thanksgiving issue

35) GOOD FOOD MAGAZINE:  General

36) DURACELL BATTERIES:  people using calculators

37) DURACELL BATTERIES:  bank of cameras flashing

38) DURACELL BATTERIES:  Same as #37

39) DURACELL BATTERIES:  Same as #36

40) DURACELL BATTERIES:  rows of radios

41) DURACELL BATTERIES:  pink bunnies with drums

42) DURACELL BATTERIES: flashlights

43) BASF AUDIO TAPE: fantasy commercial―sounds like the musicians are right there―man shaving turns to find rock duet singing behind him

44) CANADIAN OLYMPIC COINS: black Jesse Owens as spokesman

45) CIBA-GEIGY TOLBAN 4E PESTICIDE: farm ad for soybeans

46) BAIRD AND WARNER REAL ESTATE: older couple selling house to young couple―Chicago angle

47) KAISER ALUMINUM: "This is the pie pan"...that makes cooking frozen pies a time saver―re the aluminum pans in which frozen foods come―put used pan right into the garbage can  B&W

48) KAISER ALUMINUM: re the design of futuristic cars― automobiles of future will have more aluminum parts―show 43 pound engine block―Ed Reimers  late 1950s B&W

49) KAISER ALUMINUM: lightning and rain means farm roofing repairs―use aluminum sheets―do-it-yourself pitch with free booklet on how to roof farms  B&W

50) KAISER ALUMINUM: tin foil―"Foil wraps the food of the USA"―shows wide range of products (from prunes to potato chips and bread) that use foil wrapping― late 1950  2.5 minutes   B&W

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